This Is Beirut 2024-06-11 14:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The UN voiced alarm on Tuesday at the civilian toll of Israel's rescue of four hostages in Gaza, and the fact that Palestinian armed groups are holding captives there. The United Nations rights office said that acts committed by both Israelis and Palestinians “may amount to war crimes.” “We are profoundly shocked at the impact on civilians ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-11 10:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli army indicated on Monday that “alarms in Haifa were apparently caused by a misdiagnosis.” Israeli media also stated that “sirens sounded in settlements which were not evacuated.” Earlier, Israeli media declared that “a Hezbollah drone reached Haifa for the first time since the beginning of the war,” describing the event as ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-10 22:54 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The UN World Food Programme has suspended the delivery of aid to Gaza via a temporary US military pier in order to assess the security situation, a spokesperson said Monday. Stephane Dujarric linked the move to an Israeli hostage rescue operation over the weekend that freed four people, but which health officials in Gaza say killed 274 people and ...
Tylia El Helou 2024-06-10 21:16 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for June 10th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-06-10 20:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and the Israeli army continued until late afternoon Monday. Hezbollah announced in the afternoon that it had shot down an Israeli Hermes 900 drone over Iqlim al-Tuffah airspace with a surface-to-air missile. The Israeli army confirmed “the shooting down of an air force drone in the skies over Lebanon, the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-10 19:58 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United Nations Security Council on Monday adopted a US-drafted resolution supporting a ceasefire plan in Gaza, as Washington leads an intense diplomatic campaign to push Hamas to accept the proposal. The text -- passed with 14 votes in favor and Russia abstaining -- "welcomes" the truce and hostage release proposal announced on May 31 by ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-10 19:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Israel on Monday to promote a Gaza truce and hostage release plan as Israeli bombardment again rocked the Palestinian territory. After a stop in Egypt to meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Monday, Blinken arrived in Israel for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This comes amid ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-10 10:32 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to visit the Middle East on Monday, in his eight visits since the start of the war in Gaza, as he pushes president Joe Biden's seemingly stalling ceasefire plan. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading back to the Middle East on Monday to push a ceasefire plan, but Israeli politics and silence from ...
Tylia El Helou 2024-06-09 21:36 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for June 9th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-06-09 20:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
South Lebanon witnessed increased fire exchange amid intense operations on Sunday, as Hezbollah mourned Ali Khalil Hamad from Aitaroun, born in 1988. The Israeli Radio announced that sirens sounded in Upper Galilee for the fourth time in half an hour after Hezbollah declared “launching missiles at Sammaka site in Kfarchouba hills and achieving ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-09 19:29 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A day after Israeli special forces rescued four hostages from Gaza, Palestinians recounted their panic during the intense gun battles and explosions that rocked the area and reduced buildings to rubble. While Israelis have rejoiced at the safe return of the four captives, officials in Gaza decried a "massacre" in which they said 274 people were ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-09 15:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benny Gantz, a former Israeli general and defense minister, announced his resignation from the emergency body after failing to get a post-war plan for Gaza approved by Netanyahu, which he demanded in May. His departure is not expected to bring down the government, a coalition including religious and ultra-nationalist parties, but it marks the ...